We (the former EV8 team in Compaq/Digital's Alpha development group) looked at clearcase back in '96 or '97 and decided against it.
1. The per seat charges were too high for what we got out of it.
2. We'd heard annecdotal reports that the build environment wasn't as robust as we wanted.
So, we used vesta! (www.vestasys.org) which is now available to the public. It runs under linux on Alpha and x86 platforms (others soon, we hope). It was extensible (we used it for software and hardware development). And it worked for a very large user base (130 users with hundreds of large builds per week.
It rocked. I loved using it. I chose the system and never regretted committing the entire project to it.
See the many different writeups on why Vesta is a better choice for many applications than CVS or other alternatives at http://www.vestasys.org/why-vesta.html and http://www.vestasys.org/doc/comparison.html
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We (the former EV8 team in Compaq/Digital's Alpha development group) looked at clearcase back in '96 or '97 and decided against it.
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1. The per seat charges were too high for what we got out of it.
2. We'd heard annecdotal reports that the build environment wasn't as robust as we wanted.
So, we used vesta! (www.vestasys.org) which is now available to the public. It runs under linux on Alpha and x86 platforms (others soon, we hope). It was extensible (we used it for software and hardware development). And it worked for a very large user base (130 users with hundreds of large builds per week.
It rocked. I loved using it. I chose the system and never regretted committing the entire project to it.
See the many different writeups on why Vesta is a better choice for many applications than CVS or other alternatives at
http://www.vestasys.org/why-vesta.html
and
http://www.vestasys.org/doc/comparison.htm